5 Tips for Food and Travel Bloggers
Have you ever dreamed of being a food or travel writer? One of the things I love love love about the internet is that it has allowed for anyone to get published. I took Don Genova’s Travel Writing class at […]
How Daily Blogging Affects Your Traffic
Hola, Amigos! I am back from vacation (in sunny Mexico–wish I were more tanned and less freckled, but there you go), and very excited about my first post of 2015! As you know, for the last few years, I’ve been writing […]
You’re a Successful Blogger–Now What?
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been really putting a lot of work into growing my cooking blog. This blog has been chugging along for years, and quite successfully helping me to get lots of work in social media. […]
4 Ways to Create an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog
A whatzit?? Editorial Calendar? Yes, my friends! Big magazines use editorial calendars, because they need to plan out their content months in advance. They may be planning for Christmas in July, just given their printing schedule. Bloggers can benefit from […]
Musings on Creating the “Perfect” Brand, Authenticity and Transparency
I recently got tapped to create and deliver a social media workshop for landscapers. As we were talking about what the workshop was going to look like, and how I could help them, one of the topics that came up […]
“Must Have” WordPress Plugins
I‘ve been blogging for 6 years, now, and most of that time has been on a self-hosted WordPress blog. Part of the reason I love WordPress so much is the huge variety of third-party WP plugins that exist. If you […]
#BuildYrBrand 5: Build Your Brand with a Blog (or podcast or vlog)
For my money (or rather lack of money ;-)), there’s nothing that’s better for growing your personal brand than a blog. Or some variation thereof: which could be a podcast or a vlog. Why do you think I’m still here […]
Advice For Bloggers From PR Pros (Part 2)
A couple weeks back, I put up a post with advice I’d solicited from PR Pros for Bloggers. Today is part two of that post… more advice from PR Pros for Bloggers. Hillary Strath, Account Executive, Edelman Oftentimes bloggers don’t respond at […]
10 Ways To Get More Eyeballs on Your Blog Posts [Infographic]
If it’s Wednesday, it must be time for a really great infographic! Today’s infographic features 10 really simple things you can do to get more eyeballs on your blog posts. What I like the most about this graphic is that […]
#MonetizeYrBlog #5: Swag
When it comes to monetizing your blog, probably the easiest way to start is by getting access to free products and services in exchange for writing about them. Now, I know this doesn’t actually put money in your pocket. But […]